Steam Plough Works
of Hunslet, Leeds
1860 John Fowler entered into an agreement with Kitson and Hewitson of Hunslet, Leeds, for them to manufacture his steam ploughs. Fowler's Steam Plough Works were built on neighbouring land at Hunslet [1]
c1860 Robert William Eddison is a partner with John Fowler in the business at the Steam Plough Works on a site previously occupied by Wilson, Walker and Co in Letherley Lane, Hunslett.
1862 January. Mention of the Steam Plough Works [2]
1862 The works were expanded. Around 100 employed.
1863 Fowler established John Fowler and Co[3].
1865 The Steam Plough Works enters the locomotive building trade [4]
1881 Premises are on a nine acre site and border those of the Airedale Foundry and close to the Union Foundry, Hunslet
1913 'The manufacture of Road Locomotives, Traction Engines, Tractors, Steam Ploughing Engines, and Road Rollers was commenced at the Steam Plough Works about the year 1850, and our modern engines are the outcome of accumulated experience gained since then. Our works cover an area of over fourteen acres and about 2,800 to 3,000 men and boys are now employed almost exclusively in the manufacture of various types of Steam and Oil Engine and Implements, an obvious proof of the constantly increasing demand for our engines.'[5]